{"id":2607793,"date":"2026-05-28T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-vance-speaks-at-air-force-academy-commencement-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:10:31","slug":"watch-live-vance-speaks-at-air-force-academy-commencement-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-vance-speaks-at-air-force-academy-commencement-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Vance speaks at Air Force Academy Commencement ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-vance-speaks-at-air-force-academy-commencement-ceremony%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2607793&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to speak at the U.S. Air Force Academy\u2019s commencement ceremony on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in Colorado, where more than 900 students will become officers in the Air force and Space Force. Vance, a former U.S. Marine Corps veteran, will join a line of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vice-presidents-who-had-a-political-second-act-after-leaving-office-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...s who had a political second act after leaving office - Washington Examiner\">recent vice presidents<\/a> who have addressed cadets at the ceremony, including Kamala Harris in 2024; Lyndon B. Johnson was the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> to speak at the event in 1962.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7658\">JD Vance<\/a> will speak at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/air-force\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1212\">United States Air Force Academy\u2019s<\/a> commencement ceremony on Thursday at 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, will deliver the commencement address to the graduates in Colorado, where over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usafa.edu\/vice-president-jd-vance-named-commencement-speaker-for-u-s-air-force-academy-class-of-2026-graduation\/\">900 students<\/a> will become officers in the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Space Force. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4584953\/trump-revised-lawsuit-publisher-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump files revised lawsuit against publisher of Epstein birthday letter<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4583505\/maga-recruits-300-million-war-chest-postpone-trump-lame-duck-era\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>New MAGA recruits and $300 million war chest postpone Trump\u2019s lame-duck era<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4584816\/bessent-to-host-white-house-press-briefing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Bessent to host next White House press briefing as Leavitt rests on maternity leave<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance is the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >latest vice president<\/a> to take the stage at the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony, following former Vice President Kamala Harris, who spoke to the graduating cadets in 2024. The first vice president to speak at the ceremony was Lyndon B. Johnson in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usafa.af.mil\/US-Air-Force-Academy-News\/Commentaries\/Commentary-View\/Article\/1858645\/a-look-back-academy-graduation-facts\/\">1962<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JD Vance to speak at Air Force Academy graduation Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2607794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26139660833620.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[43548,32629,15469],"class_list":["post-2607793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-air-force-academy","tag-live-coverage","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26139660833620.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607793"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607797,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607793\/revisions\/2607797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2607794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}